Supernova 2024 WINNERS FINALS - Junebug (Donkey Kong) Vs. Mango (Falco) Smash Melee Tournament

[@vgbootcamp]

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[@gokufromfortnite867]

It’s absolutely crazy how far junebug’s gotten with DK I hope to see more of his play later on

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

Junebug just accomplished two things I once considered impossible. He got top 3 at a supermajor, AND he managed to make a crowd cheer AGAINST Mang0… I’m honestly not sure which one is more impressive 😅

[@TheIronyoshi]

This isn't a supermajor but yeah a pretty big major

[@Astar72439]

@@TheIronyoshiI mean it had almost 1000 people in attendance. What’s the cutoff for the arbitrary tournament title of “major” or “super major” 5 years ago this would have been close to one of the biggest tournaments of all time Like people call CEO a major but it had less than 200 entrants

[@Astar72439]

If you play a midtier, you get the crowd for free. It comes with the character, it doesn’t matter who your playing against. Amsa and Axe immediately got the crowd to back them at tourneys they attended, it didn’t matter who they were against

[@shoopy44]

@@Astar72439 i think its mainly determined by the presence of other top players not sure if there even is an agreed upon definition for supermajor though

[@Astar72439]

@@shoopy44 Superova is just a rebranding of Super smash con, which has been called a super major every year. last year it was the 3rd biggest tourney of the year. If we cant call this a super major, then the ONLY super major we have anymore is just genesis, and thats it

[@dahuterschuter]

In 2017, people were saying Melee was a solved game.

[@matthewroberts6833]

Imagine a majority of people being upset that Mango is going to Grand Finals.

[@Totasfunnynumber]

It's like when he and Amsa went against each other

[@matthewroberts6833]

@@Totasfunnynumber It's always going to be interesting when somebody breaks out a character that isn't the spacies. It just shows how unique Melee is and how it may not be fully solved.

[@clem5419]

@@matthewroberts6833 bro nobody thinks melee is even closed to being “solved”. That’s like saying the game of baseball is “solved”

[@purpleblah2]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain 😔

[@666blaziken]

Mango is still hype though, it's hard to be consistently top 8 for so long, and he still is a clutch god sometimes

[@dyrmssbu]

spoiler block 👈

[@phlip024]

Starman!!

[@dyrmssbu]

@@oaklex4948 aw screw u man! >:[

[@dyrmssbu]

@@oaklex4948 😐

[@mellowords]

Good man 👏🏻👏🏻

[@lawyermorty6735]

fail

[@egtoonster]

Wild seeing DK show up in a WF of this caliber. Almost 25 years since Melee released, but seeing a top DK player is like suddenly having a new character patched into the game.

[@RandomYTT39]

This title is not real

[@OhSoSnake]

Continue coping ;) /s lmao

[@Myst1c_OW]

@@OhSoSnakeweird bait he just said the title was shocking he isnt coping for anything? Also mang0 won so im not sure whos coping here

[@swagcat51]

@@Myst1c_OWhe said /s 💀

[@Myst1c_OW]

@@swagcat51 idek man

[@ssbm-icarus]

That means "sarcastic"​@@Myst1c_OW

[@ssnofi]

I FUCKING LOVE MELEE FOR SHIT LIKE THIS

[@firewall5189]

k so i havent watched melee in a hot minute, so my apologies for not being up to date on this stuff, but wtf is dk doing in winners finals at a tournament as stacked as supernova? 😂 huge props to junebug for pushing this character to the limit and beyond man

[@Beastmd]

We all thinkjng the same thing. A few months ago junebug busted out the DK and beat magi I think, and ever since he’s been on an insane tear. First axe winning a supermajor, then Aklo taking names like kodorin with his link, then Amsa and his yoshi being top 2 in the world, now DK. Even now I’m thinking about how chudat was top 2 a few years ago

[@jammyman7085]

So basically in the past year and a half DK has gone from low tier to in discussion of being Samus / Luigi level due to a mix of an underground DK optimisation project in the mid 2010's, Slippy and DK gaining actual reps with 3 of them being top 50 players. Of note the DK's have: Bullied every marth player expect zain Beaten serveral top 20 level players to win regionals Created the biggest seeding upset in the history of the game (bing vs cody) Forced some players to counterswap DK to try and win Overcome serveral seemingly horrible matchups (Sheik is the problem rn). Were kinda waiting on the "super DK" to be born but Junebug is provding impressive results.

[@mia_2043]

There's multiple video essays on the DK Renaissance 🐒

[@nahometesfay1112]

Top 2 put some respect on aMSa's name​@@Beastmd

[@Beastmd]

@@nahometesfay1112 big facts , couldn’t remember if he was 2 or if I confused it when zain and Cody were tied for 1

[@QueuedUp_]

It must've been emotional for Junebug, to be playing the best player thus far in Melee, the Goat, the Kid, and having the audience cheer more for HIM than the king of melee, in his own region, at one of the biggest supermajors in the world. That MEANS something yk.

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

That powershield game is insane, Junebug is nuts

[@MorphBall1]

wait how tf is dk in wf

[@shoukey7425]

dk is really good

[@slippy318]

Because Junebug is really good and DK is better than everyone thought.

[@fullsend4976]

@@shoukey7425*junebug is really good lol

[@iMogggYouuu]

bc meIee is dead

[@Nyxael5845]

Simply put, Junebug is absolutely cracked.

[@Omega_Max99]

What a set, this tournament is really something

[@A_K1ra_x]

The unique thing about Mang0 in his almost 20 years of competitive Melee is he has fought the top players of wacky characters nobody really uses several times aMSa (Yoshi), Axe (Pikachu), Hbox (puff), Abate (Luigi), Armada (Peach), etc.. so it makes sense a top level DK isn’t going to break him easily like a lot of the other new gen less experienced players. Great match

[@rannynihilius8481]

mang0 has never played against June or really any top level DK before besides i believe Quang at TBH last year. But yeah he and Armada we're always amazing at destroying low to mid tiers and he's seemingly only become better at it with every year.

[@sigomare]

" The unique thing about Mang0 " bruh it's definitely not unique to Mang0

[@A_K1ra_x]

@@sigomare bruh born in 2004 💀

[@A_K1ra_x]

@@rannynihilius8481 Yeah Mang0’s adaptability is on another level. I remember how fast he learned the aMSa matchup

[@sigomare]

@A_K1ra_ So according to you I created my channel at the age of 4 ? Was it supposed to be an attack anyway ? You look dumber by the minute. .

[@cooolbigguy]

Mango is looking good IRL

[@jameswoodland2719]

You know DK is going somewhere when even Mango is sweating.

[@CreamyPesto505]

Mango was definitely not sweating.

[@soloconnell34]

He wasn’t sweating

[@jameswoodland2719]

@@CreamyPesto505 look at his forehead dude, he was using all of his might not to be sent to losers by a DK

[@tuskedphoenix]

imo saying “he was sweating” is an overstatement. Junebug is taking DK places don’t get me wrong but winning 3-1 I don’t think you can say mang0 sweat, plus he not having a single DK match since 2015 and looking how j has improved that meta it just shows how top players adapt to matches, but I do agree mang0 was locked in, the pressure of “I cannot loose to a low tier char”

[@CreamyPesto505]

@jameswoodland2719 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bro. You can't be serious. You have no idea how hot those stages and venues are. I promise you. DK isn't making Mango sweat. Please stop.

[@KyokujiFGC]

That SD at high health was so unfortunate.

[@SsbMewtwo]

full health?

[@Buttersaucee3]

The next player documentary made will be Junebug and his insane DK super major win

[@hanaogra]

DKでWF…最近のJuneノリノリすぎる！ シーリフの精度すごいし、どんなタイミングでも触れば1ストック消えるかもという圧がすごい

[@gangcurtin4731]

I think if u give the masses some time; this tournament may represent a huge change for mango. His play this tournament was different than it has ever been imo. He was…. More methodical? More tight? More strict? More oppressive? More understanding? More knowledgeable? I dunno, you could look to individual things like his tight ledgeplay and mixups or sum like that; but overall, i feel like something has changed. He still looks like a ‘feeling’ player, but now theres a new, cold, logical level. His gamin’ this tournament was the most excellent I think Ive ever seen him play. It feels like every decision he made all tournament had a purpose. What a spectacle from the man who we though showed us everything he had to offer; and everything we thought there was to love abt him. What a cool guy

[@Amphy2k]

While I definitely was cheering for Junebug, I definitely could see that too. Mango played extremely calm and confident. He clearly studied up hard on DK and all his opponents. This finals was definitely a showing of skill but more-so a showing of preperation. Mango put in the work before it even came to this and because of that he won. I definitely think Junebug is an amazing player and I really hope they keep working on it because DK definitely has huge potential and he does too.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I already saw this coming but this set was no less entertaining

[@Kaepora2]

5:10 That Spike was PERSONAL, Gah DAYUM.

[@TheYagimi]

not a spike

[@Kaepora2]

@@TheYagimi ... Elaborate....

[@beardalaxy]

Damn, Mang0 looks good! For a split second after game 1 I thought I was watching an old VOD. all that biking helping out.

[@kardar233]

Yeah I was amazed how young he looks in this video. Don’t know what he’s doing but it looks like it’s doing some good

[@SWFBrickbox]

June is the people's champion right now

[@Sonick92]

Holy Shit mango on his Zyzz grind?

[@Mangrovius]

The craziest thing to me is that the concept of Junebug taking a set off of Mango before he picked up DK was pretty much unthinkable. Easy win for Mango every time. The odds are obviously still stacked against June, but I can definitely see a world where he wins a set like this. Mind blowing!

[@roachdogg-ex]

4:10 why is no one talking about mango angling his shield here

[@funnyperson4027]

The fact that he pushed this far is crazy. DK winning a major doesn’t seem impossible anymore, June just has to deal with the top 5 now

[@lucasblomgren1975]

lol, he got to WF because zain dropped out

[@nahor88]

A major, yes, a supermajor? Never. Aklo has won a major with Link, but he'll never win a supermajor either. The characters in that sect of the tier list just have too many weaknesses. If Melee SD Remix replaced Melee, we'd see those characters win regularly, cuz the mod fixes the areas those characters struggle in neutral against the top tiers.

[@PizzaDoesThings]

@@nahor88 People said the same thing about Yoshi. Be a non-believer all you'd like, but the time of the Apes is here and I don't think anybody truly knows how high they can fly.

[@nahor88]

@@PizzaDoesThings Amsa showed us VERY early on that Yoshi has some ridiculous potential in NEUTRAL GAME, a lot of it centering around his DJC. DK simply does not have that; he is heavily reliant on PUNISH game. Junebug has done some remarkable things in neutral, but players will adapt and exploit over time. Those that understand both sides of the game knew Amsa's potential with Yoshi. It's abundantly obvious that DK is strong on one side, and not so much on the other. It happens all the time in real sports.

[@kkletsplay_]

@@nahor88 haha I remember seeing someone saying the exact thing youve said about yoshi. But now on DK. Word for word.

[@kevinhirschowitz8550]

its the player that crafts the character junes dk has such potential still, what this feels like is 2 players of immense skills, but one has the most well crafted character and the other something thats still in progress.

[@lennyface5314]

7:50 I never thought I'd see a "Genei Jin Ay Ay Ay" moment in Melee, let alone it being cheers for DONKEY KONG

[@tobiasvikr472]

Mang0's new beard style looking fresh as fuck though

[@patrickhamning1734]

When mango is relentless with the shodt hop laser on a player who has no busimess on the stage with him, you know he doesn't care, he came for blood

[@Philostipher]

I literally chuckled out loud when Junebug got the dair spike to end game 2. Such a savage way to end it.

[@Landmasters]

Fundays gave Mango all the knowledge he needed for this one moment

[@JopocaJ]

I can't wait for a documentary about junebug winning a major with donkey kong

[@LordFartamor]

The best winners finals set of all time

[@royal1605]

Dang that was actually closer than I thought. I think going stadium against mango was a mistake the old heads are gonna know what to do in those wonky transformations and feel right at home

[@analoghabits9217]

felt like a battle between gods

[@rewstir6646]

10 minutes for a 4 game set is wild

[@NinjaWeedle]

The crowd losing their minds at every dk combo just elevates this set to a whole new level

[@thekooln8823]

It's most likely been at least more than 5 years since Mang0 has fought a DK main in a serious bracket. Junebug put up a great fight but Mang0 beat him off of just raw experience. Amazing showing from both players

[@user-bkey]

mango did what 😮

[@rachelivy9712]

yo, spoiler block if someone is going to beat the other player off. Some of us like a story and some foreplay ffs.

[@jamesxfowler]

Haven't watched too much Melee recently but mang0 looks great. the cycling has definitely worked

[@gizmobies6]

junebug is so good fr. good to see him back

[@MrSpelling1]

So he's finally here and about time too...

[@faceurhell]

Junebug growing that old Mango hair. The Modern Day People's Champ.

[@oceanwaves83]

4:04 "what an angle from Mango!" -straight down

[@pickle24]

Great effort from june. Amazing set

[@PringePie]

that game 2 might have been my favorite match of all time

[@SPMask]

8:37 Mango saying "Roll, my son!"

[@ethermouse]

Melee is sick

[@powerpoleextend]

Im getting that sephiroth theme donkey kong remix vibes over here with the way junebug plays.

[@wahrudo]

This is one of the most entertaining come ups since aMsa. Hopefully Junebug will win a major one day too

[@MoeDelivers]

crazy how this game is still relevant. classic

[@WeAreRisenzUPS]

Top 3 at supernova is impressive considering Junebug ain’t even top 10 atm

[@dylanmuller2611]

That was amazing.

[@IsaacG97]

I’m picking up DK

[@tracystallworth1239]

There is a world where June doesn’t SD in two crucial moments

[@sheastewart7608]

Melee is beautiful. Holy shit.

[@YouB3anz]

hard to overstate how good for the game this is

[@thesmilingvagrants]

I'll never forget the first time I saw the new dk combos, whenever that was.

[@Mingotips]

This guy plays very well, amazing what he achieved with DK.

[@VunDinji]

From yoshi to donkey Kong what a time to be alive.

[@Jokeynno]

I was scared the whole set until Mango won. I watched Junevug before and it was terrifying.

[@lephtovermeet]

How the F does DK's forward air not insta-gib? It's so hard to hit with.

[@Stinkbug_Ab]

After this run, i wouldnt be surprised if a sponsor picked up June just for the publicity

[@p.m.7060]

WFにドンキーがどれくらい凄いなのか教えて

[@Sapreme]

9:14 that shieldgrab bait LOL

[@shadownite3378]

. yeeeeaaaaaaah this went about as well as I thought it would

[@michaelharris1884]

Bro made it to winners without losing a single time

[@MrFunnyXD]

big june fan bro thats crazy, hes so close to winning a super major fa-sho

[@dennisdunker8764]

Shout out to bug. Always cool to see a non top tier make it this far.

[@drbeetheemighty]

This is wild 😮

[@autumndth]

What did I miss

[@TheOnlyGBeast]

I got mad huge respect for how far june has come so fast although saying DK only slightly loses to spacies is a bit much xD it's the armada effect; june is just insanely good at the game and with his character and the other top pros are not sure how to deal with it yet/suck at the MU

[@CameronStaton-p3l]

Mango is the kind of guy to go to grands and see a low tier and see yoshi and DK

[@The_dry-god]

All respect to Armada… Mang0 and is the GOAT.

[@thebadguymusic2017]

Back in my day everyone hated low tiers cuz we were lazy and wanted the meta to be unchanging

[@user-hd8sy2ry7n]

HE'S THE LEADER OF THE BUNCH

[@bellyOfaTiger]

Junebug had a match and took a game off of one of the gods of Melee. Regionals are screwed if Junebug comes around, now!

[@Rpodnee]

You have to root for the underdog, but you also can't sleep on the kid.

[@ofizzy]

Junebug channeling his inner Bum1

[@BigHit9922]

Melee is still alive and innovating! DK in top 4 is 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@thesajery]

jesus mang0 looked LOCKED IN in that first match.

[@InternetEarningsTV]

the goat, the kid, the buster and the kremlin

[@Miggysaurus13]

Watching DK was hyped . Mango is too powerful

[@gerardorodriguez7858]

Junebug was 100% out of his league here and he knew it. He wasnt ready just yet to take a supermajor but if he keeps up with the same monumental progress of the last year he will be ready pretty soon.

[@belesir8847]

Junebug is so fun so watch, how tf does he get this far with DK what a god.

[@Quaich-hz9ux]

Wait, has Mango lost weight or groomed or something? Looks like a different person

[@MrLeaff]

Quit drinking and started working out

[@peashooter6628]

Indoor biking everyday

[@gerwique3146]

Mang0 giving us a show, by letting June win one ;)

[@JapaneseDangerousBoy]

すごい！

[@spoopa7733]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@dahuterschuter]

The DK Delegation has set its terms. Hand over the Banana Horde, or your stocks will continue to be taken.

[@loganreidy7055]

HES THE LEADER OF THE BUNCH

[@notsmiffy]

monk moment

[@15MinuteUpload]

Is mango the most consistent player in the world against mid and low tiers? I feel like he just annihilates them every time. The only mid tier player I can think of with a positive record on him is amsa. Axe wins occasionally but is still losing overall. Literally everyone else just gets their tournament run stopped automatically when they draw mango in the bracket.

[@DoctorHazy]

Donkey Kong has a Invincible Ledgedash btw

[@coolguy69verycool]

I guarantee Mango had the biggest eye roll beating June here

[@Natnizer]

I would have bet money that ice climbers would be the next mid tier to get good results after Amsa’s yoshi. This game is just full of surprises.

[@Sterbo_soljuh]

Mango will be good at this game forever